You’ve probably seen pictures of these making the rounds lately, either way, everyone seems to either love or hate these old 40k Terminators!
Welcome to 40K Flashback where I dig deep for something cool that I have from back in the day! Today we’re looking at the old Saturnine Terminators that look a lot like the Guardians of the Elements from the movie, Fifth Element.
Also, they were the inspiration for the new Invader, and Blightshroud minis from Pop Goes the Monkey, just in case you had no idea of what they were based on.
These guys date back to the dawning of the Imperium: Rogue Trader era circa 1988-89, and they were one of my first purchases back in the day as a wee lad.
40k Saturnine Terminators
I never really played Warhammer till the mid-nineties (mostly cause I was bad at maths till then- and Nintendo was more fun), but I still loved to paint and hobby for some reason.
I was shocked to find them again in my collection a few years back, and at the time I remembered them as being GW, couldn’t for the life of me remember seeing anything like them in the past 25 years or so.
So I went searching for pictures of them and found their entry is a very, very old catalog. Oh boy, how the hobby has come a long way…
Saturnine Pattern Terminators
The Modern-Day Version from PGTM
The hobby maniacs at Pop Goes the Monkey took their inspiration for these Terminators from the old minis! They updated them to the new size, so if you want to play with the old style minis in new games, you can! Just a fun way to take it back to the old school but use the current sizes. If you want to pick some up, you can here.
Does anyone still have some of the old ones laying around? Are you glad they changed the pattern of armor?
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
Job Title: Head Writer & Editor
Socials: @paschbass
About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
